Kushner pictured with Putin in Moscow after

U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue discussions about ending the conflict in Ukraine. 

Witkoff and Kushner met with Putin on Tuesday at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Also in the assembly is Putin’s international coverage adviser, Yuri Ushakov, and Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev.

The talks began with Witkoff praising Moscow as a “magnificent city.” This is now his sixth journey to Russia during his tenure, which began this 12 months.

Images of the assembly, taken just before the leaders entered a closed-door dialog, have been rapidly shared by Russian state media, exhibiting the 2 delegations seated on reverse sides of a long desk talking amicably. More particulars on the state of the negotiations are anticipated to emerge once the assembly is finished.

However, when requested about the anticipated time restrict for the dialogue, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the talks would last “as long as it takes.”

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As the assembly was about to start, and despite initial pleasantries, Putin appeared less inclined to play good with other international international locations, accusing European governments of sabotaging peace negotiations and stating that “European demands” for ending the conflict have been “not acceptable.”

“Europe is preventing the U.S. administration from achieving peace in Ukraine,” Putin said. “Russia does not intend to fight Europe, but if Europe starts, we are ready right now.”

The Russian chief said that European powers are “on the side of war,” including that they locked themselves out of peace talks on Ukraine because that they had cut off contacts with Russia.

He also threatened that if Europe begins a conflict with Russia, there could possibly be “a situation in which there won’t be anyone to negotiate with.”

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Both Kushner and Witkoff have develop into central figures in the president’s agenda to end wars worldwide. The duo also took a main place in negotiating peace offers between Israel and Hamas back in October.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was on his first official state go to to Ireland to meet with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Michael Martin and other high-profile Irish leaders.

The assembly follows the Trump administration’s peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, which many have criticized as disproportionately benefiting the Kremlin.

The Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan, among other directives, orders Ukraine to give up Crimea to Russia, including the profitable Donbas area, which Zelensky has already argued wouldn’t be useful to his nation. In another controversial level, the plan prohibits Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO, an group the nation has long sought to be half of. However, they might have the permission to be part of the European Union. The nation would also be pressured to maintain an election within 100 days, a level the Trump administration is passionate about.

The assembly also comes after a dialog between Witkoff and Russian officers was leaked, in which the U.S. envoy was reportedly giving advice to Putin’s close allies on how to appeal to Trump. The dialog led a group of bipartisan congressmembers to call for his removing.